FMS-PLN - Students & the Brain

Knowledge of Students
Books

The Philosophy of Childhood by Gareth Matthews
You've Gotta Connect: Building Relationships That Lead to Engaged Students, Productive Classrooms, & Higher Achievement by James Sturtevant
Teaching Boys Who Struggle in School: Strategies That Turn Underachievers into Successful Learners by Kathleen Palmer Cleveland
Why Don't Students Like School? A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works & What It Means for the Classroom by Daniel Willingham
Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys by Dan Kindlon & Michael Thompson
Odd Girl Out by Rachel Simmons
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher & Ruth Ross
Fires in the Middle School Bathroom: Advice for Teachers From Middle Schoolers by Kathleen Cushman & Laura Rogers
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts by Susan Cain
Choice Words: How Our Language Affects Children's Learning by Peter H. Johnston
Nerds: Who They Are & Why We Need More of Them by Dave Anderegg
Activating the Desire to Learn by Robert Sullo
I Can't Keep My Own Secrets: Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous & Obscure by Larry Smith & Rachel Fershleiser
I Wish My Teacher Knew: How One Question Can Change Everything For Our Kids by Kyle Schwartz
Endangered Minds: Why Children Don't Think and What We Can Do About It by Jane Healey
Helping Students Motivate Themselves: Practical Answers to Classroom Challenges by Larry Ferlazzo
Leaving to Learn by Elliot Washor & Charles Mojkowski
Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy by Emily Bazelon
The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed by Jessica Lahey
Gifted Grownups: The Mixed Blessings of Extraordinary Potential by Marylou Kelly Streznewski
Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined: The Truth About Talent, Practice, Creativity, and the Many Paths to Greatness by Scott Barry Kaufman
American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers by Nancy Jo Sales
Age of Opportunity: Lesson From the New Science of Adolescence by Laurence Steinberg

Articles

My son broke my heart when he said nobody in his class notices him. Then he asked if I ignore my students. (post by Sarah Slivosky)

Middle School Students

Snapshot of a Modern Learner (post by Mike Fisher)
Engaging Students: Dangling the Carrot (blog post by William Waidelich)
Curriculum for Whom? (blog post by Ed Brazee)

Gifted Students

The Curious Case of Imposter Syndrome (blog post by Ian Byrd)
Absenteeism & Ability Grouping (blog post by Laura Vanderkam)
Cluster Grouping of Gifted Students: How to Provide Full-Time Services on a Part-Time Budget (article by Susan Winebrenner)
Regrets of An Accomplished Child (article by Pamela Paul)
What it Means To Teach Gifted Students Well (article by Carol Ann Tomlinson)

The Brain

Books

Five Minds for the Future by Howard Gardner
Brain Rules by John Medina (and Brain Rules 45-minute video)
Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain by Dan Siegel
Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman
The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents & Young Adults by Frances Jensen & Amy Ellis Nutt
Focus: Use Different Ways of Seeing the World for Success & Influence by Heidi Grant Halvorson and E. Tory Higgins
Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning: Insights From a Neurologist & Classroom Teacher by Judy Willis
Why Don't Students Like School? A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works & What It Means For the Classroom by Daniel Willingham
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive & Others Die by Chip Heath & Dan Heath
Prepping the Brain: Easy and Effective Ways To Get Students Ready for Learning by Linda Allen et. al.
Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative by Ken Robinson
Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work and Learn by Cathy Davidson
The Power of the Adolescent Brain: Strategies for Teaching Middle and High School Students by Thomas Armstrong
Culturally Responsive Teaching & the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement & Rigor Among Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Students by Zaretta Hammond

Articles & Blog Posts

Using Brain-Based Learning in the Classroom (blog post by Larry Ferlazzo)
Why Identity & Emotion are Central to Motivating the Teen Brain (article by Emmeline Zhao)
Working Smarter, Not Harder, With Neuroscience in the Classroom (blog post by Larry Ferlazzo)
What Type of Learner Are You? (And Why It Doesn't Matter) (article by Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton)
Why Teacher Education Should Include Neuroscience (article by Dr. Judy Willis)
How the Memory Works In Learning (article by Dr. Judy Willis)
What Brain Insights Can Boost Your Student's Classroom Success? (article by Eric Jensen)
Teenagers Are Wired for Peer Approval, Study Says (article by Sarah Sparks)
Q & A: Temple Grandin on the Autistic Brain (article by Maia Svalavatiz)
How Smart Can We Get? = Nova Science NOW program (available for online viewing)
Rethinking Thinking by Trevor Maber (TED-Ed video)
The Mysterious Working of the Adolescent Brain by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore (TED video)

Issue of Learning Transfer:

Why Don't They Apply What They've Learned (article by James Lang)
Lessons for Life: Learning and Transfer (article by Linda Darling-Hammond and Kim Austin)
Learning Theories and Transfer of Learning (University of Oregon)
Preparing Students for the Real World (blog post by Peter DeWitt)

Critical/Creative Thinking

12 Things You Were Not Taught in School About Creative Thinking (blog post by Michael Michalko)
Flipping Bloom's Taxonomy (post by Shelley Wright)
The Creativity Crisis (article by Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman)
Confronting the Creativity Crisis: Questioning, Problematizing, Learning by Doing (post by Jonathan Martin)
What Is Critical Thinking? (blog post by Paul Gary Wyckoff)
What's So Hard About Research? (article by by Jodi Passanisi & Shara Peters)
Avoiding "Learned Helplessness" (article by Andrew Miller)